Modeling and Control of a Modular Iron Bird

Blasi, Luciano and Borrelli, Mauro and D’Amato, Egidio and di Grazia, Luigi Emanuel and Mattei, Massimiliano and Notaro, Immacolata (2021) Modeling and Control of a Modular Iron Bird. Aerospace, 8 (2). p. 39. ISSN 2226-4310

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Abstract

This paper describes the control architecture and the control laws of a new concept of Modular Iron Bird aimed at reproducing flight loads to test mobile aerodynamic control surface actuators for small and medium size aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. The iron bird control system must guarantee the actuation of counteracting forces. On one side, a hydraulic actuator simulates the hinge moments acting on the mobile surface due to aerodynamic and inertial effects during flight; on the other side, the actuator to be tested applies an active hinge moment to control the angular position of the same surface. Reference aerodynamic and inertial loads are generated by a flight simulation module to reproduce more realistic conditions arising during operations. The design of the control action is based on a dynamic model of the hydraulic plant used to generate loads. This system is controlled using a Proportional Integral Derivative control algorithm tuned with an optimization algorithm taking into account the closed loop dynamics of the actuator under testing, uncertainties and disturbances in the controlled plant. Numerical simulations are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed architecture and control laws.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: iron bird; hydraulic system; flight simulator; force control; PID control
Subjects: STM Repository > Engineering
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2023 07:59
Last Modified: 18 Oct 2024 04:42
URI: http://classical.goforpromo.com/id/eprint/1380

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